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FILE BOX.

Patented 32111.29, 1884.

. UNITED STATESV PATENT OFFICE.

FERNANDO M. sEN'rRR, OF cOLUMRUs, OHIO.

FILE- BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,692, dated January29, 1884,

Application filed December 6, 18B3.` (No model.) d

To all whom it may concern:

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Beit known that I, FERNANDO M. SENTER,

'a citizen ofthe United States, residing "at,

Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in File-Boxes, of' which thefollowing is a specication, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

`My invention relates to improvements in le-boxes or receptacles forletters, bills, notes, and business-papers of all kinds.

The object of my invention is to provide a file-box for papers, Ste.,which will protect the papers from dust and damp, and which will givemore room to examine the papers within the box 5 said papers beingusually briefed or indexed at the top, and thus obviate the necessity oftaking the papers out of the box or holder for examination, as isusually the case with boxes having all the sides inclosed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l .is a side view of my improvedfile-box as closed, showing the lid or hinged portion partially andentirely open in dotted lines. Fig.- 2 is an end eIevation, partly insection, showing the` pockets for inclosing the wings or sides of thelower portion of the hinged section.

A is the main portion of the box, which is cut away at the upperportion, as indicated by the 'dotted line B in Fig. l, to admit of theready handling and examination of the papers. The box A is preferablyrectangular in form, and is made with three sides and One end, all inone piece.

To the lower corner of the open side of the box is hinged, at a, afolding section, G,which in turn is made in two sections, D and E, Thelower section, D, is provided with wings or sides F, which, when the boxis closed, enter the pockets G, formed in the Inain portion of the boxA. The said pockets are formed by soldering or otherwise securing to thesides of the box A pieces H, of sheet metal or other material, so as toleave spaces or pockets G between the pieces II and the sides of the boxA, to receive the wings F. The wings F are provided with projections d,which impinge against lugs or stops e, and'thus prevent the wings frombeing entirely withdrawn from the pockets when the section D is-swungback. The section E is also provided with wings or sides I, and also anend section, J, which,when the box is closed, forms a covering for theopen end of the box A, the sidesor wings I being adapted to slide overthe outside of the box A, and thus form a perfectly-tight box, whichwill exclude all dust and moisture from the papers, and at the same timebe partially fire-proof.

It will be noticed that by having one end and one side to fold back outof theway m-uch more room is given to examine the contents of the box,and all the papers contained therein are exposed to view, and can bemore kreadily handled, while the wings on the folding sections serve notonly as guards to pre-A vent the papers from being scattered ordisplaced, but also serve as springs to hold the hinged side to the mainbody of the box and to exclude the dust, dirt, and moisture from thepapers.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desireto secure byLetters Patent,

l. A file-box composed of the main body A, and section C, hingedthereto, which forms the inclosure for one side and one end of the box,

said hinged section being composed of the sec tions E and D, hingedtogether and adapted to fall back separately r together from the mainsection A, as set forth. l

2. In a le-box, the hinged and folding section C, composed of thesections E and D, each being provided with wings or side pieces, F I, asset forth.

3. A le-box having ahinged and folding section provided with wings orsides adapted to enter pockets or cavities formed on or in the mainsection of the box, as set forth.

4. A file-box having a hinged and folding section, E, provided withwings or sides I, and also an end extension, J, which forms the coverfor the top of the main section, said sides or wings being adapted toslide over thel sides of the main portion of the box, as set forth.

5. In a file-box, the combination of -section D, having the wings orsides F, provided with the lugs or extensions d, with the pockets orFERNANDO IVI. sENTER.

I/Vitnesses:

'13. P. LINN, HENRY GUI/LELE.

